[Toolserver-l] Windows toolserver

[tools.20.connelm at spamgourmet.com]

Even /if/ it allowed GUI access for roots via VNC, it wouldn't allow random
toolserver users to use GUI based applications.  In my experience, I've
never seen anyone who would successfully set up a VNC session, who didn't
have the knowledge /intelligence to be able to use an ssh command line.

The notion of per-user-seat licensing for DB access on
per-user-seat-licensing Windows domain becomes (very quickly)
astronomical.   There are 273 lines in hemlock's /etc/passwd.  Even if
"ONLY" 200 or so of them had ToolserverDomain access...

...well, all notions of "small business" or MSDN subscriptions are obviously
inapplicable.  I don't know how many thousand's of dollars PER USER it would
cost, but I would guess the licensing alone (PER USER) would be about $4,
000.00 US.  (Plus the all the server costs.)


Tell ya what - pay me $4k for each user I teach to use X Forwarding + ssh...

Connel
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